tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056407852094457692012-02-16T23:09:24.895-05:00My wife and I have been living on Little Cranberry Island in Maine during the last three summers. We were married this September here on the island, and we made the decision to try living here as year round residents. I am using this blog as a journal for my time here. I'll be writing about the goings on in the community and about my thoughts and ideas that pertain to my life on this island.Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756002934850686252noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-505640785209445769.post-18067016542594043082009-02-23T08:32:00.004-05:002009-02-23T09:11:19.811-05:00

One of the hot topics of conversation on the island yesterday was the big storm that was bearing down on the state.  People wanted to know if the meeting with the Island Institute's retail store manager to be held at our house was going to be postponed.  Kaitlyn and Bill (who was going to travel from Brunswick) decided it best to postpone the meeting since he and Lisa from Archipalaego (the

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One of the hardest things to get used to living out here is living by the boat schedule.  Especially during the winter months.  The schedule is such that the boat only runs three times a day.  On Sundays it is even less.  There is only one boat that leaves Northeast Harbor at 3:30 and arrives at 4:oo.  Of course the coast of Maine is a rugged place and the weather can change everything.  That is

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Most small towns in Maine, and around the world have a building or space which is where the townspeople gather for various events throughout the year.  Islesford is no different.  We are really luck to have the Islesford Neighborhood house.  The Neighborhood House sits almost directly in the center of the island,  this is very appropriate since it is the center for most of our community events.  

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Ever since the first summer we lived on Little Cranberry Island I have had boat envy.  While standing on the dock waiting for the ferry I would watch with envy as islanders would come and go on their boats.  Boats of all kinds sit in the harbor during the summer.  We have big sailboats with their masts sticking up into the sky and little bulls eyes for the day sailors.  I have been sailing a

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We are experiencing our first Nor'easter today.  A nor'easter is usually a big storm.  The winds come from the north east carrying a lot of moisture with it.  If it is cold enough it turns to snow.  At 10 o'clock tonight we have about 9 inches.  This storm happens to coincide with the winter solstice.  A woman on the island reinstated an old tradition of having a bonfire on the beach in

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I ran into a couple of lobsterman on Friday down at the town dock.  They were off loading the last of their traps.  So most of the lobsterman are done for the year, a few are still going 25 miles offshore to haul traps.  With most of the Islesford traps hauled out of the water we figured it was time to put our bikes away until spring.  Kaitlyn walked two bikes down and I rode mine down to our

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The mainland recently experienced an ice storm that knocked out power all over the state.  Here on LCI we had really different weather.  Lots of rain, and super intense winds.  The amazing thing though, is while everyone else had cold air we had temps in the 40's.  This island and probably all islands off shore in Maine have unique weather.  There is no sense in listening to the weather reports

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It's been a week of being sick, so I went off island today to see a doctor at the MDI Family Medical Center in Bar Harbor.  The good news is that I don't have strep throat, the bad news is there is no magical cure for whatever I have.  So I am trying to get a lot of fluids and rest.  What an adventure though, an all day affair just to see the doctor for a 1/2 hour.  I took the 8 o'clock boat off

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I just finished taking the test for my noncommercial lobster & crab license.  I sent in to the state for the test and the application.  They sent a book that has all the rules about trap requirements, how to measure a lobster correctly, and what constitutes a keeper (legally harvested lobster).There are lots of rules and regulations, but they are all there to help keep the industry viable.  If I

Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756002934850686252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-505640785209445769.post-82806660767527918392008-11-27T07:52:00.000-05:002008-12-03T20:12:29.282-05:00

On Saturday I was able to get a deer.  I sent it off to Pine Tree Market in NE Harbor to be butchered and packaged in freezer bags.  It was an amazing experience.  The quickness and speed that these magnificent animals have is remarkable.  I am honored to see them throughout the year here on the island.  I thought the hard part was finding a deer to shoot.  It is certainly time intensive, but the

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So Kaitlyn is reading the book Omnivore's Dilemma, she has been reading little excerpts to me.  There are a lot of things that are surprising to hear, but at the same time they aren't that surprising.  Example, the free range chickens that are sold at Whole Foods, only get to range free outside their cages for something like two weeks of their lives.  So we are trying to eat more locally.  We

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Boy was it windy today.  A bunch of the guys on the crew got wet riding the mail boat over.  Days like this I really like the 2 1/2 minute drive to work.  My day was not very eventful, I nailed some wood up onto the house.  Same old, same old as they say.   Kaitlyn on the other hand did have quite an exciting afternoon.  She and Cairn were out in the cemetery behind her studio and she heard

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Today I worked ten hours out in the cold.  Today was our first really cold day here on Islesford.  The sky was clear, only a little bit of wind.  Lots of sun.  Tonight we attended a Islesford Sustainability meeting.  Lots of good ideas being thrown out there.  Ideas about jobs for people on the island.  Jobs that I would be qualified to do.  Whenever I attend a meeting such as this I get really

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